Gold-catcher for fountain-spittoons.



No. 814,925. I PATENTED MAR. 13, 190

F. E. WEBSTER. GOLDOATGHER FOR FOUNTAIN SPITTOONS.

APPLICATION FILED DOT. 19.1904.

MJE 16 FmizfzEf Whale]: Witnesses Inventor UNITED sTArEs PATENT o EIoE.FRANK E. WEBSTER, oEBUFEAL'o, NEWroRK. I GQLD-CATCHER FORFOUNTAIN;ISPYITTDOONS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March .13, 1906.

Application filed October 19,1904- Serial No. 229,190.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, FRANK E. WEBSTER, a

i citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo in the county ofErie and State of New Yor have invented a new and useful Gold- Catcherfor Fountain-Spittoons, of which the following is a, specification. V

This lnvention relates to strainers and traps, and has for'its principalobject toprovide a novel formof tra to be used in connection with bowlsor t e like for receiving and retaining heavy material which may flowfrom the bowl while the water is allowed to escape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a trap of this type thatmay be readily removed from position and in which a free air-vent isprovided, so that the water may escape without noise.

. to indicate corresponding .With these and other objects in view, aswill more fully hereinafter a pear, the invention consists incertainnove featuresof construotion and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanyin' drawings, andparticularly pointed .out in t e appended claim.

In the accompanying drawin s, Fi ure 1 is a sectional elevation of abowl of t e type usually employed for fountain-spittoons, provided witha trap constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the trap detached.

Similar numerals of reference are employed parts throughout both fi uresof the drawings.

The owl 10 is mounted on a bracket 4, the end of the bracket having anenlarged head 5, between which and the bowl is arranged a packing 12.The head is rovided with a threadedopening, to whic is coupledthe upperend of a wasteipe 3, and through an opening in the centra lower portionof the bowl extends a threaded sleeve 13, screwing with a air ofdiametrically-opposin slots 16,

into w 'ch a wrench or similar too may be inserted for the purpose ofscrewing and un- I screwing the sleeve.

Within the sleeve is hung-a trap 16, having at its upper end an annularflange 17, that rests in an annular seat formed in the flange 14 of thesleeve. The vertical wall of the cup is provided with a 1plurality ofslits or openings 18, through whic the water may freely flow, the loweredges of said openings terminating at a point considera ly above. thebottom of the trap, so that gold or similar material passing from the.

cup-shapedowl will fall by gravity to the bottom of the trap, whilethewater escapes through the o enings, there being sufficient spacebetween t e periphery of the trap and the bore of the sleeve 13 topermit the outflow. A

The bottom of the trap is formed of a disk having a central-opening forthe passage of a tube 19, the lower end of which extends below thebottom of the trap, while the outer endthereof extends above the flange17 and is provided with perforations in order to permltthe free escapeof air from the wastepipe. The top of the tube is covered by an overhaning cap 20, which also forms a convenient ger-hold for removing orinserting the trap.

Having thus described the invention, what 7 flange, the vertical wall ofthe cylinder being provided with a plurality .of openings at a pointabove the closed bottom thereof, a tube extending through the bottom,the upper end of the tube being continued to a polnt adjacent tothe topof the trap, and the upper end of said tube being perforated, and a hoodor cap extending over the top of the tube and forming a finger-hold forremoving said trap and a protection against clogging of the tube.

In test mony that I claim the foregoing as my own 'I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. WEBSTER. i

- Witnesses': i v

EDWIN R. DAvrs, WM. H. MOYER.

